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...watch them getting made. But who among us has not wondered about sausages - or about where the prepared food actually comes from in an upscale purveyor like Dean & DeLuca? DeLucie worked at a Dean & DeLuca fresh out of cooking school, and he has the answer: a windowless, battleship-gray underground kitchen, where a Flying Dutchman crew of lost, disaffected and recently deinstitutionalized - but not necessarily untalented - cooks labors robotically over 25-lb. (11 kg) stainless-steel bowls of Red Bliss potato salad...
...prominent human-rights attorney, Gao Zhisheng, disappeared in February, shortly after his family fled to exile in the U.S. He is believed to be in police custody. Gao, who had defended underground Christians and Falun Gong members, released an open letter describing the extensive and grotesque torture he had been subjected to by state security officers in 2007. He said he was threatened with death if he ever revealed the details of the abuse he suffered. When asked about his case in March, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Gao was not a victim of political persecution and his case...
...South Africa Underground Tragedy The bodies of at least 61 illegal miners were discovered in an unused shaft owned by South Africa's Harmony Mining Co., the world's fifth largest gold producer. The incident, one of the worst in the nation's history, highlights the growing problem posed by unauthorized mining operations, which are exploiting thousands of miles of unpoliced tunnels amid high unemployment rates and spiking gold prices...
...nation, she would be gratified to see an African-American as president. Tubman’s humanitarian efforts now might span oceans to infiltrate regions of the globe where civil liberties are severely curtailed or tragically nonexistent. Whether in Darfur or Myanmar, knowledge gained from her struggles with the Underground Railroad to free slaves might well be applied in achieving emancipation for others. Perhaps she would consider leading Amnesty International or becoming a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. Her menu selection: global freedom from oppression...
...indeed is being groomed as his father's successor. There has been widespread speculation that uncertainty about a possible transition in the North is part of the reason for Pyongyang's recent, dramatic acts of defiance: a long-range rocket launch in early April, and last week's underground nuclear test and multiple missile launches. North Korea's politically powerful military is thought to have no interest in ever bargaining away the country's nuclear deterrent - the ultimate guarantee of the regime's security - and Jong Un's new posting on the Defense Commission...